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Roots Earth in Carthage: audio stories about 40 places

Roots Earth has audio stories about 40 places in Carthage, Tunisia, in Africa. The Carthage stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Carthage, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.

The 40 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026.

Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: carthage.md

The 40 places in Carthage with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

  1. Acropolium of Carthage (Saint Louis Cathedral)
  2. Byrsa Hill
  3. Baths of Antoninus
  4. Carthage National Museum
  5. Carthage Tophet (Sanctuary of Tanit)
  6. Punic Ports of Carthage
  7. Carthage Amphitheatre
  8. Cisterns of La Malga
  9. Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum
  10. Basilica of Damous El Karita
  11. Ennejma Ezzahra (Palace of Baron d'Erlanger)
  12. Sidi Bou Said Village
  13. University of Carthage
  14. Tunis–Carthage International Airport
  15. La Marsa
  16. La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi)
  17. Gammarth
  18. Lake of Tunis
  19. Gulf of Tunis
  20. Marabout of Sidi Bou Said
  21. Cafe des Nattes, Sidi Bou Said
  22. Sidi Bou Said Marina
  23. La Marsa Corniche & Beach
  24. Saf-Saf Square, La Marsa
  25. La Goulette Old Port & Kasbah
  26. Gammarth Pinewoods (La Foret)
  27. Carthage Byrsa Archaeological Quarter
  28. Le Kram
  29. Le Kram Sunday Souk
  30. Khereddine
  31. Khereddine Marina (Tunis Bay)
  32. La Soukra
  33. La Goulette Seafront Fish Restaurants
  34. Gammarth Beach
  35. La Marsa Souk
  36. La Marsa Plage Cafes
  37. Carthage Residential Quarters (Dermech & Salammbo)
  38. Le Kram TGM Quarter
  39. Gulf of Tunis Fishing Jetties
  40. Lake of Tunis Flamingo Lagoon

Is there an audio guide for Acropolium of Carthage (Saint Louis Cathedral)?

Yes. Acropolium of Carthage (Saint Louis Cathedral) has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian.

It is place 1 of the 40 Carthage places in the app, at 36.853784, 10.323356. Every one of the other 39 places in the list above has the same two stories.

Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself.

How to use Roots Earth in Carthage

Open Roots Earth and choose Carthage. The city has its own map of places with all 40 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order.

You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

In full

All 40 places in Carthage, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

All 40 places in Carthage, with coordinates

Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print.

1. Acropolium of Carthage (Saint Louis Cathedral)

Coordinates
36.853784, 10.323356
In one line
Crowning Byrsa Hill, this former cathedral of 1884 to 1890 blends Byzantine, Gothic and Moorish styles. Built to honor Louis the Ninth, it now serves as a concert hall, its white domes overlooking the Bay of Tunis.

2. Byrsa Hill

Coordinates
36.85222222, 10.32388889
In one line
The ancient acropolis of Carthage, founded around 814 BCE and tied to the legend of Queen Dido. Punic house ruins and Roman terracing crown the hill, destroyed by Rome in 146 BCE and rebuilt as the colony's forum.

3. Baths of Antoninus

Coordinates
36.8543, 10.3351
In one line
Built between 145 and 162 CE under Antoninus Pius, these seaside baths rank among the largest in the Roman Empire. Towering columns and vaulted halls survive on the shore, the grandest Roman monument in Carthage.

4. Carthage National Museum

Coordinates
36.8533, 10.324
In one line
Founded in 1875 on Byrsa Hill, this museum gathers the finds of ancient Carthage, from Punic stelae and the marble priest sarcophagus to Roman mosaics and Byzantine art. It holds the city's memory above the ruins.

5. Carthage Tophet (Sanctuary of Tanit)

Coordinates
36.8462, 10.3242
In one line
A Punic sacred precinct used from the 8th to the 2nd century BCE, dedicated to Tanit and Baal Hammon. Its dense field of carved stelae and infant urns has long fueled debate over whether Carthage practiced child sacrifice.

6. Punic Ports of Carthage

Coordinates
36.848, 10.327
In one line
Two linked harbors, a rectangular commercial basin and a circular military port, that powered Carthage's sea empire. The naval harbor held up to 220 warships around a central admiralty island, their lagoon shapes still visible today.

7. Carthage Amphitheatre

Coordinates
36.85611111, 10.31508333
In one line
A Roman amphitheatre of the 2nd century CE, once seating around 30,000 spectators. Its arena outline and underground passages survive, and it is traditionally linked to the martyrdom of Saints Perpetua and Felicity.

8. Cisterns of La Malga

Coordinates
36.859279, 10.318941
In one line
A vast Roman reservoir of fifteen long vaulted chambers that stored water carried from the Zaghouan aqueduct, feeding the great Baths of Antoninus. Among the largest surviving water systems of the ancient world.

9. Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum

Coordinates
36.8484, 10.3247
In one line
A small museum and open-air site gathering the early Christian heritage of Carthage, with Byzantine sculpture, carved inscriptions, and mosaics drawn from the surrounding ruins. It tells the story of the city's centuries as a center of African Christianity.

10. Basilica of Damous El Karita

Coordinates
36.86138889, 10.33111111
In one line
The largest early Christian basilica known at Carthage, with nine naves, rows of toppled columns, and a striking underground rotunda reached by twin stairs. A funerary church and pilgrimage site whose name means house of charity.

11. Ennejma Ezzahra (Palace of Baron d'Erlanger)

Coordinates
36.86921, 10.34821
In one line
An Arab-Andalusian palace built above the sea at Sidi Bou Said by Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger between 1911 and 1922. Once his home and musicological workshop, it now houses Tunisia's Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music.

12. Sidi Bou Said Village

Coordinates
36.87166667, 10.34722222
In one line
A clifftop village above the Gulf of Tunis, famous for its blue-and-white houses, carved doors, and bougainvillea. Named for a 13th-century holy man, it has drawn artists, writers, and travelers for generations to its cafes and lanes.

13. University of Carthage

Coordinates
36.87055556, 10.33444444
In one line
A major Tunisian public university founded in 1988, spreading dozens of faculties and institutes across the Tunis and Carthage area. With tens of thousands of students, it carries an ancient name into modern higher education.

14. Tunis–Carthage International Airport

Coordinates
36.85111111, 10.22722222
In one line
Tunisia's principal international airport and the main hub of Tunisair, sitting just beside the historic city. Grown from a 1940s airfield into a modern gateway, it now handles more than seven million passengers a year.

15. La Marsa

Coordinates
36.87638889, 10.32527778
In one line
La Marsa is an elegant seaside suburb north of Tunis, long favored by the Beys and by Tunis society. Its corniche, cafes, and beaches still draw crowds, and the French protectorate was established by the Treaty of Bardo on 12 May 1881.

16. La Goulette (Halq al-Wadi)

Coordinates
36.81805556, 10.305
In one line
La Goulette, in Arabic Halq al-Wadi, is the old port at the canal mouth between the Lake of Tunis and the sea. Once a Sicilian and Jewish quarter, it is loved today for the Karraka fortress and its lively fish restaurants.

17. Gammarth

Coordinates
36.90972222, 10.28666667
In one line
Gammarth is an upscale coastal suburb on the headland north of Carthage, known for its pine-clad cliffs, beaches, and beach resorts. Once a fishing village, it holds a Roman-era Jewish necropolis carved into Gammarth Hill.

18. Lake of Tunis

Coordinates
36.81666667, 10.25
In one line
The Lake of Tunis is a shallow lagoon of about 37 square kilometers between Tunis and the sea. Strategic since Punic times, it holds Chikly island and its Spanish fort, draws flamingos, and is crossed by a 19th-century causeway to La Goulette.

19. Gulf of Tunis

Coordinates
36.86, 10.34
In one line
The Gulf of Tunis is a wide Mediterranean bay in northeastern Tunisia, reaching about 63 kilometers from Cape Farina to Cap Bon. On its shores stood ancient Carthage, and along it today lie Tunis, La Goulette, Sidi Bou Said, and La Marsa.

20. Marabout of Sidi Bou Said

Coordinates
36.8706, 10.3481
In one line
The Marabout of Sidi Bou Said is the shrine of the Sufi saint Abu Said al-Baji, who died in 1231 and gave the clifftop village its name. His tomb and zaouia remain a place of veneration above the Gulf of Tunis.

21. Cafe des Nattes, Sidi Bou Said

Coordinates
36.871, 10.3498
In one line
The Cafe des Nattes sits at the top of the steps in Sidi Bou Said, a famous old cafe named for the woven mats covering its floors. Long a haunt of artists and writers, it serves mint tea with pine nuts above the blue-and-white village.

22. Sidi Bou Said Marina

Coordinates
36.8698, 10.3462
In one line
Below the blue-and-white village of Sidi Bou Said, a small pleasure harbor shelters fishing boats and yachts at the cliff's foot, where the clifftop town meets the Gulf of Tunis along the Mediterranean shore.

23. La Marsa Corniche & Beach

Coordinates
36.8815, 10.3231
In one line
A long seafront promenade and sandy beach edge the coastal city of La Marsa, northeast of Tunis. Cafés, palms, and Mediterranean breezes line the corniche, a favored gathering place that has drawn Tunis society to the shore since the 19th century.

24. Saf-Saf Square, La Marsa

Coordinates
36.879, 10.3245
In one line
A historic gathering square in La Marsa, set around the celebrated Saf-Saf café and its old well, where a camel once turned a water wheel. The shaded plaza remains a beloved social heart of this coastal city near Tunis.

25. La Goulette Old Port & Kasbah

Coordinates
36.8185, 10.307
In one line
The historic port of Tunis at the channel between lake and sea, La Goulette guards a 16th-century fortress, the Karraka, raised by Charles V of Spain and later held by the Ottomans. Its waterfront is famed for fish restaurants and a once-cosmopolitan harbor life.

26. Gammarth Pinewoods (La Foret)

Coordinates
36.912, 10.292
In one line
Pine-clad cliffs rise above the sea at Gammarth, an upmarket coastal resort north of La Marsa. Once a small fishing village, its wooded headland and beaches now draw visitors to a green edge of the shore overlooking the Gulf of Tunis.

27. Carthage Byrsa Archaeological Quarter

Coordinates
36.851, 10.325
In one line
The citadel hill of ancient Carthage, founded according to legend by Queen Dido around 814 BCE. Its archaeological quarter preserves Punic house ruins and Roman terracing, crowned by a cathedral and the national museum above the Bay of Tunis.

28. Le Kram

Coordinates
36.83055556, 10.31611111
In one line
A coastal town between La Goulette and Carthage, named for an old fig orchard. Le Kram faces the Gulf of Tunis on one side and the lake on the other, a lived-in suburb of villas, train stops, and the everyday rhythm of the shore.

29. Le Kram Sunday Souk

Coordinates
36.829, 10.314
In one line
Every Sunday the streets of Le Kram, the busy district between La Goulette and Carthage, fill with a sprawling open-air market where vendors sell produce, clothes, household goods and bargains to crowds from across greater Tunis.

30. Khereddine

Coordinates
36.8305, 10.31630556
In one line
A small residential suburb in the northern reaches of Tunis, set between Le Kram and La Goulette along the lakeshore. It carries the name of the 19th-century reformer Kheireddine Pasha and is served by the historic TGM railway.

31. Khereddine Marina (Tunis Bay)

Coordinates
36.828, 10.315
In one line
A modern leisure marina and waterfront on the Tunis Bay lakeshore at Khereddine, where moored boats, promenades and cafés line the edge of the lake of Tunis between La Goulette and the northern suburbs.

32. La Soukra

Coordinates
36.88333333, 10.25
In one line
A fast-growing residential suburb north of Tunis, near the airport, set on a plain once covered in orange orchards. Now home to more than 150,000 people, it mixes new housing districts with a historic golf course and parkland.

33. La Goulette Seafront Fish Restaurants

Coordinates
36.817, 10.3045
In one line
La Goulette's seafront is famous across Tunis for its grilled-fish restaurants, a tradition rooted in the port's old Italian, Sicilian, Maltese and Jewish communities. On summer evenings the avenues fill with diners drawn to the day's catch.

34. Gammarth Beach

Coordinates
36.915, 10.295
In one line
A sweep of Mediterranean sand on the upscale coast north of Carthage, backed by pine-clad cliffs and five-star hotels. Once a fishing village, Gammarth blossomed into a resort district from the 1950s after Tunisian independence.

35. La Marsa Souk

Coordinates
36.878, 10.324
In one line
The market quarter of La Marsa, the long-favored seaside town of Tunis society, where shops and stalls cluster near the famous Café Saf-Saf with its ancient well and waterwheel, a short walk from the corniche and the beach.

36. La Marsa Plage Cafes

Coordinates
36.883, 10.322
In one line
La Marsa caps the TGM line where Tunis comes to the sea. Along its corniche, cafes spill onto the sand and the long beach, a favored resort of the capital since the 19th century, fills with families and conversation.

37. Carthage Residential Quarters (Dermech & Salammbo)

Coordinates
36.858, 10.329
In one line
Above the ancient ruins, modern Carthage is a quiet suburb of villas and gardens. The TGM line strings together its quarters, from Salammbo by the Punic ports to Dermech near the sea, where one of Tunisia's most exclusive addresses overlooks the Gulf.

38. Le Kram TGM Quarter

Coordinates
36.831, 10.317
In one line
Le Kram sits between the port of La Goulette and Carthage, its name born from a vanished orchard of fig trees. The TGM railway shaped this lively coastal town, where seaside villas, military grounds, and the Salammbo quarter meet the Gulf.

39. Gulf of Tunis Fishing Jetties

Coordinates
36.84, 10.335
In one line
The Gulf of Tunis sweeps about 63 kilometers between Cape Farina and Cape Bon. Along its sheltered shore, fishing jetties and the port of La Goulette carry on a trade three thousand years old, where small boats still land the day's catch.

40. Lake of Tunis Flamingo Lagoon

Coordinates
36.825, 10.27
In one line
The Lake of Tunis is a shallow coastal lagoon of about 37 square kilometers between the city and the sea. Once the natural harbor of Tunis, it now draws flamingos to its waters and was named a wetland of international importance in 2013.

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